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Old 06-28-2023, 09:08 PM   #1
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How to modify userAgent of Kindle webBrowser
We know that the Kindle browser is not very useful because it uses a desktop web layout. Nowadays, many websites have mobile-optimized web pages. Is it possible for us to modify the browser's userAgent string so that it defaults to displaying the mobile version of websites?

I'm not sure which file the userAgent string is saved in. If we find out, it might be possible to modify it after jailbreaking the device.
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Old 06-29-2023, 12:20 AM   #2
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It appears to be in :
`/var/local/mesquite/browser/config.xml`

Code:
    <kindle:network>
            <kindle:asset key="user-agent" value="Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux armv7l like Android; en-us) AppleWebKit/531.2+ (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0 Safari/533.2+ Kindle/3.0+" />
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Look at var/local/mesquite/browser/config.xml
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Old 06-29-2023, 05:05 AM   #4
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Look at var/local/mesquite/browser/config.xml
Thanks, It works!

Due to compatibility issues, some websites work while others do not, and there are also some blank pages.
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